Table 7.
Proportion of peer-reviewed journals and other published sources consulted | ||||||||
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Basic model | Practice context model | Human capital model | Full model | |||||
Coeff | SE | Coeff | SE | Coeff | SE | Coeff | SE | |
Demographics | ||||||||
Female dentist | − 0.016 | (0.035) | − 0.020 | (0.035) | 0.01 | (0.036) | 0.012 | (0.037) |
Under-represented minority dentist | 0.086 | (0.050) | 0.083 | (0.050) | 0.084 | (0.052) | 0.082 | (0.052) |
Practice setting | ||||||||
Solo practitioner | 0.158*** | (0.040) | 0.155*** | (0.042) | 0.140*** | (0.042) | 0.133** | (0.043) |
Dentist practices full-time | − 0.007 | (0.049) | 0.001 | (0.049) | 0.035 | (0.050) | 0.039 | (0.051) |
Dentist practices in one office only | − 0.035 | (0.042) | − 0.025 | (0.043) | − 0.027 | (0.042) | − 0.017 | (0.043) |
Rural practice | 0.177* | (0.075) | 0.158* | (0.074) | ||||
Number of complex procedures routinely conducted | − 0.018 | (0.022) | − 0.007 | (0.022) | ||||
Number of standard procedures routinely conducted | 0.011 | (0.012) | 0.011 | (0.012) | ||||
Number of patients per week | − 0.010 | (0.012) | − 0.007 | (0.012) | ||||
Human/intellectual capital motivation | ||||||||
Professional age (years since dental school) | 0.006*** | (0.001) | 0.006*** | (0.001) | ||||
Advanced training | − 0.156*** | (0.037) | − 0.154*** | (0.037) | ||||
Research experience | − 0.036 | (0.034) | − 0.039 | (0.034) | ||||
PBRN skill motive | 0.087* | (0.035) | 0.081* | (0.035) | ||||
Constant | −0.468*** | (0.064) | −0.456*** | (0.095) | − 0.655*** | (0.082) | − 0.65*** | (0.112) |
Observations | 1061 | 1061 | 1030 | 1030 | ||||
R-squared | 0.015 | 0.020 | 0.050 | 0.054 |
Robust standard errors in parentheses
***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05